![]() The Ladies’ Dining Lounge, while open to all, is a nod to the Knife & Fork’s early years as a private men’s club when ladies were required remain in a side room adjoining the Main Dining Room. Unfortunately, Mack’s attempt to find a buyer for the Knife & Fork was unsuccessful and the historic restaurant closed in 1997. As Mack approached 80, however, he decided to retire from the grueling restaurant business. Mack bought out his brother, becoming the sole owner of the Knife & Fork, and continued to operate the restaurant with his own irascible style for more than a decade. In 1985, Mack and Jim, famously unable to get along, decided to part ways. In a famous scene from the movie “Atlantic City,” Burt Lancaster and Susan Sarandon dined in the restaurant’s popular porch, now known as the Terrace. Over the years, the Knife & Fork became a favorite of local politicians, wealthy vacationers, and Hollywood celebrities including Frank Sinatra, Bob Hope and Vic Damone. Their sons Mack, a decorated war hero, and Jim, an accomplished runner, then took over and redefined the business through the post war decades, surviving the advent of gambling in Atlantic City. Milton and Evelyn successfully managed the Knife and Fork until Milton died in 1948.
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